In-Studio Hang with Mike Dean the SYNTH GOAT - Part 1

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ABOUT THIS VIDEO
Rob Rosen and I talk to Mike about a number of subjects including his: studio layout, synth set up, approach to creating synth music, live performance concepts and I'll even jump into a few live jams with Mike. Whether you're a seasoned pro or just starting out, this is an opportunity you won't want to miss if you have even a passing interest in contemporary music.
Mike is best known for his synthesizer-heavy instrumentation, songwriting and audio mixing for high-profile music industry artists including The Weeknd, Beyoncé, Kanye West, Kid Cudi, Travis Scott, Jay-Z, Drake, Madonna, Selena Gomez, and Lana Del Rey, among others. Also, Mike was the opening act for The Weeknd's "The After Hours til Dawn Tour", performing live at stadiums on multiple synthesizers.
As a solo artist, Mike has released a series of critically acclaimed studio albums each showcasing his distinctive style and innovation: 4:20 (2020), 4:22 (2021), Smoke State 42222 (2022), 4:23 (2023), and most recently 424 (2024). He's a true pioneer shaping the sound of modern music and a trailblazer across genres.
00:00:00 Warning
00:00:08 Intro (with Mike on vocoder)
00:01:25 Tribute to Mike
00:02:32 Mike plays Moog Voyager and Juno HS 60
00:03:54 Anthony Plays OBX
00:05:05 Chords with 4ths and 5ths
00:09:21 Talk about Oberheim, Chroma
00:11:26 Oberheim FVS Mondo Portamento Modification
00:12:05 Oberheim FVS with OBX
00:13:16 add Minimoog and Vocoder
00:16:12 Mike's "Delay Throws" with Matriarch
00:17:23 Moog Grandmother (with feedback loop) and Matriarch
00:18:03 Mike playing Grandmother & Matriarch
00:20:09 Mike plays Matriarch & Jupiter 8
00:21:29 Mike's Live show Concept
00:24:24 Anthony Jams with Mike
00:27:34 Mike's Approach to Creating Synth Music
00:29:46 Rob Talks about building Custom Oberheim EVS
00:31:23 MWA Mike's Record Label & New Album 424
00:33:04 AMM Logo (theme music)
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ABOUT ANTHONY
Anthony's musical touch as both composer and performer is connected with some of the most influential creative minds over the last 40 years. He’s composed and conducted original orchestral scores for over 80 feature films including Young Guns , Internal Affairs , The Man From Elysian Fields , 15 Minutes and Planes, Trains & Automobiles , been commissioned by the Los Angeles Philharmonic for his symphonic work "In the Family Way", written over one thousand TV commercials in a myriad of musical styles, co-founded Levels Audio Post (LA's premiere post production facility) and performed and arranged on big-box-office films and influential hit records such as Michael Jackson's Thriller .
His extensive work as a young arranger, orchestrator and performer for Quincy Jones , Jack Nitzsche , Lamont Dozier , Arthur Rubenstein and Giorgio Moroder was vital in launching his own career. His early years pioneering modular analog synthesizers along with his wide-ranging music scholarship positioned Anthony at the center of the music technology revolution. He attended the University of Southern California School of Music as a piano and composition major.
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[@ValleyBeats-yy4xd]

“Do you use this on stage?” Mike dean : “🎹🎹🎹🎹” 😂

[@JTAITSINGER]

😂😂😂

[@pascalmerschaudio]

😂

[@MaxStephens77]

Mike being stoned and just shredding and giving Anthony barely any response half the time was cracking me up. Dude’s in his own world and it’s such a sick world lol

[@mrjohnson115]

That’s the funniest part of the video lol

[@prodbywimz]

No way this is actually happening, the greatest collab in synth history 😳

[@snoolee7950]

Two players, "the thief," and a camera man.

[@kleemannbeats]

It’s amazing 🤩

[@matthewyates2031]

Amazing

[@dynatwenty]

Ripping bong and taking shrooms to BE THE SYNTH is the most powerful advice i´ve gotten so far!

[@CoopMusic247]

And this is why analog will never die. You can't walk into a room of plugins. You can't mod a plugin. You can't get two sets of hands on a plugin. So good. Thank you for sharing.

[@rallerallesson408]

Saving your presets, isn't that pretty much modding a plugin? Also, you can control the plugin with two sets of hands. Midi controller+DAW is pretty much a synth. But I get what you're saying. There's no magic to a DAW.

[@CoopMusic247]

​@@rallerallesson408 I don't see that as a mod, but yeah you could hack the code. It's not the same though. And you gotta midi map all that stuff to something analog even with a digital connection involved, so still analog in my book.

[@2face789]

Good point. A simple way to have 2 midi keyboards go to 2 different plugins without spending too much time so you don't lose momentum. That would go a long way.

[@CoopMusic247]

And I definitely run two different synths on different keyboards at once in the daw, but theres only so much you can map too. There's a mini keyboard I like to use because of a flaw it has where you can get a double note from tapping it a certain way. Cant map that really either. But hey I love plugins too. They aint going nowhere either.​@@2face789

[@chinossynthesizer705]

The dx9 is obviously the best synthesizer.

[@massdrivermusic]

I guess Mike Dean is the kind of person who prefers to do and play over talking and theorizing. Good stuff! :)

[@daniel_dumile]

He also smokes a ton of weed which makes ppl like this

[@christdolphin69]

based

[@prospectnyc]

I love that Mike dug what Anthony was playing. Mike seems like a hard guy to impress.

[@natedavison1031]

Of course he was impressed and asked questions. Mike knows exactly who Anthony is and just how important Anthony's contributions are to the shape and sound of modern music. But yeah, I totally agree, it was super cool to see that look from Mike over to Rob and Rob's just like, uh yeah, that's it ,told ya! And then... Mike just totally takes quartal and quintal harmony and immediately understands and uses it because he's Mike Fucking Dean!!!! Damn! Great Vid!

[@stephenbertino8373]

Yeah the quintal thing is definitely cool.

[@danimal818]

hes really high

[@robdot0]

its tough to watch anthony try hard to bond with him and he just shrug it off. nothing against anthony, he seems like a great guy, but mike has no time for it.

[@TheChumski]

@@robdot0nah I reckon he was just stoned 🙂

[@funkingitup1805]

Mike Dean vocoding over the intro is hilarious and wonderful.

[@musicman2047]

It’s like mike deans ghost was just messing around with the vocoder in the intro 🤣

[@ralog_]

“Its a delay” had more rolling 😂

[@worldview3182]

I love how right off the bat they get sucked into just playing chords together and playing around 😂😂😂

[@Gabrielrose.mp3]

This audio was captured exceptionally well.

[@JOSIE21455]

The ultimate collab finally happened

[@beartrona6621]

Bro did an entire performance for his homies, what a guy.

[@funkingitup1805]

The "warning" at the beginning makes it clear it's going to be a fun video. Anthony Marinelli is such a sweet guy to consider that someone might be bothered by Mike Fucking Dean ripping a bong hit like in almost all the other videos he is in.

[@CAMMYSINCLAIR]

"Let's sit down for an interview " "Let's stand"

[@madzondemand]

brother with all those synths in there there is no other option🤣

[@KevinSimpson031]

I'm loving the chaos and musicality of this "interview". This is how I want my hangouts to be

[@djcj.website5539]

It seems like there are only two fully functioning sections of his brain that haven't been bonged or shroomed away... 1. the playing music on the keyboard part and 2. the programming synthesizers part. Other than that he seems to be in a near-vegetative state. Fascinating! Great video. I look forward to part two with great anticipation.

[@totc6196]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🥕 comment deserves a lot more attention!

[@vogelvogeltje]

He’s high.. of course he’s probably not like this 24/7. Obviously he can still make conversation and respond to questions.

[@TedBrownMedia]

I F'ing love Anthony Marinellis Passion in full display with Mike Dean!

[@XxChrisxXBedofRazors]

“Be the ball… you gotta be the synth.” - Mike Dean

[@7Eightyone]

Still love his early work with Rapalot records. 5th Ward Boys, Geto Boys, Devin the Dude...

[@donwrangler]

Everyone looks extra happy! ☁️🎹🎹🎹☁️

[@FrancisMaxino]

Man, this reminds me of my hippy friends in their housetrucks and particularly Mole and Will who had multiple synthesizors at the top of Rama Rama Rd, the epic journeys we'd create after a few bongs and maybe some shrooms just like the man said with all sorts of other instruments of course like my flutes and him on guitar and sometimes his wife singing...Cosmic voyages into sonic landscapes with sounds that the slightest turn of a knob morph into other dimensions.

[@Gabrielrose.mp3]

Ok the best line “smoke weed and concept. Take shrooms and be one with the synth.”

[@infn8loopmusic]

"Just be the synth" 🎹👋👽🛸 Watched and loved every minute of this. Too many legends in one room!

[@whoisthemetro]

I sold my friend that Roland HS-60 in the video and then he sold it to a music shop and now Mike Dean has it! Bad asssss!

[@arnoriva]

Encore Electronics card inside the OBX for sure. Push long time the manual button to acces manual mode… This meeting is pure gold! Chords progression in fifths on OBX are the best moment!! Thank you guys

[@bengsynthmusic]

What does that do?

[@arnoriva]

@@bengsynthmusic Encore midi card is a new implementation system with midi, brain system ( no need old Eprom and battery for retaining memory allocation programs) and CC control facilities. Memory presets expand to up to 120 programs in order to 32 programs standard in OBX board.

[@digicat247]

I cant even write anything witty, this is just dope. Thank you for this amazing content and everyone who got this together. The discussion at the end makes me want a podcast on technique in the future.

[@lobosalvaje1998]

THE HUMANITY NEEDS A SONG CREATED BY THE SYNTH MASTERS!

[@TedBrownMedia]

Literally have seen mike dean like 10 times in person . I was always too shy to ask who he was. Now i respect him more. i overheard a story about Rob Rosen helping him buy and restore a CS80 or CS60 sorry if i have them wrong. It was 3 years ago after synthplex Rob Rosen had an open house. It was the most prolific gear experience in my life outside of Armens in NYC. U cant play synths at armens.

[@anthonymarinellimusic]

I was at Rob’s thing too !

[@TedBrownMedia]

​@@anthonymarinellimusic Please dont take offense. I dont recognize anyone in public unless you have a video on youtube or channel. I had no idea who Jimmy Jam was but i sure as shit know his work and after hearing him tell the prince story where he was fired and sign the oberheim for Rob. I had no idea Jimmy Jam made a F ton of my core musical knowledge as well as you Anthony. Most of the Cartoons i saw in the 80s you made the themes or worked on the songs in shows. If i saw you in public the 5 year old me would hug you in Joy for all the happiness you gave me with all the music you have been a part of. SYNTHS , music electronic music. We all have this devotion to out passion of music. We all seek comradery from our peers, knowledge and wisdom and sick tones from our music. Many have talent, few have passion. Some of us were chosen by the universe to create music. The first time i saw met mike Dean was him Recanting the Story of how Rob got Dean a CS80 or CS60 and restored it for him. Rob & Mike look tighter than Tango and Cash. I love the energy around all the passionate people ❤ stay groovy my Brother

[@MrDigitalHamster]

Woah! This collaboration is like hearing planets align! cant wait for part two!

[@castorandpolluxmusic]

this is a showcase of AK's patience and understanding of an artists temperment. what a man what a mighty fine man

[@AlchemicalAudio]

5:45 quintile harmony opened my musical world. Simplicity that generates complexity.

[@DetroitMicroSound]

The people are huge, the synths are huge, and so is this channel!

[@dalecutlemusic586]

This is take the phone in the washroom and lock the door good!❤❤

[@tntshuffle-9799]

Since I was a kid, I've always been amazed by music and sound. My father was a musician and so are several of my very close family members. Music is in my blood. The synth has always been the instrument I have been most fascinated by, followed by guitar. Here I am in my 50s and finally just now beginning my synth/ piano lessons journey and I have found a new passion in life. Thank you for this vid Anthony, you and Mike D. are incredible musicians. I am completely inspired by you guys. Thank you for breathing some life into me after all these years thinking I can't do it. Much love

[@matthewyates2031]

The Geto Boys Brought me to Mike Dean. I've been a fan every since. I love his musical works. He's the reason I bought the Slate Digital VSX System. I saw his studio imulated within it and I bought it right away. Great investment I must say. The VSX helped my mixes tramendously. I'm a Mike Dean Fan 4 Life. Salute!

[@Andrew-rz7qt]

I like the fact that he doesn't say very much and just gets on with the job in hand. The proof is in the pudding, so to say.

[@universalmeditation8631]

Mike is an absolute beast! Let’s go!

[@LITZjams]

Mike dean is a vibe !

[@wrldonwill]

You can tell Mike was picking up some things from Anthony. Great vid!

[@sunilsolanki]

Just absolutely glorious. The sound of those Oberheims was incredible. Please Anthony and Mike. Do a synth jams collab album. Just free form jams. Do it!!!

[@Alavux]

We need part 2 ASAP! :)

[@issiewizzie]

This is like a ....dont have the words .... i want to come and play 😀😀😀

[@marcinligocki335]

Thanks a lot Anthony for bringing this experience to the yt audience. Mike seems to be not the easiest guy to have a serious "interview"... but the way you adopted to the mood and nature of this meeting turned into something so real, so natural that it was indeed an experience not just a yt clip to watch. Moreover... Mike playing on 2 moogs with bass line on the left and lead on the right made me immediately turn on my synths and play around for 2h after watching it :) Thanks again for a great inspiration.

[@aremterraqueo]

- Antony: " What about concept ? " - Mike: " Yeah, have a couple of bong hits, maybe take some shrooms and be one with the synth, you know. " - Antony: " One with the synth ... " - Mike: " Have you ever seen Caddyshack ? " - Antony: " mhn mhn ... " - Mike: " Where he's like, be the ball. " - Antony: " Yeah. " - Mike: " You gotta be the synth. "

[@funkingitup1805]

Mike Dean and Powerglove would be my two biggest wishes for this channel. Half of my dream just came true.

[@oldschooltoonz]

I can’t play a lick but love watching those who can! Much love from Houston! Mike did a lot of work with Htown artists

[@davidsharp3110]

Always waiting for new content from Anthony!

[@Jacob-ur3lh]

Mike spoke about adding an Arpeggiator. Recently I discovered the RETROKITS RK002 . It's literally just a midi cable you can plug in MIDI in and OUT that has a chip allowing you to have an arpeggiator. Love the channel!

[@nitro2lit]

that lil synth sesh was crazy

[@CookingWithPalmsTrax]

lol Anthony saying ‘you bringing it back’ to Mike waving at the smoke 😂

[@sevchyk]

You know, this idea of showcasing what different synths can do is quite informative, but what really brought special attention was the sound of Elka Synthex.

[@N8oRMusic]

"What delay is that"? "It's just a delay". Best answer ever.

[@pascalmerschaudio]

i believe the supermassive from valhalla could be one part of this delay sound its more a reverb but i felt it could be this reverb , and maybe the soundtoys echoboy with feedback all over the place

[@drbop6951]

A candid insight to natural talent and passion for one's craft.

[@bernyboss]

F-Bombs? This are S-Bombs! 😎😎😎 S stands for SYNTHS!!! 🍾🍾🍾

[@prodcaleb653]

this gon be crazyyy

[@jeremy8936]

Solid sounds floating out of that room! So inspired by some of those sounds I'm reaching for my gear now :)

[@warrenmusic]

“Knowing how to play is a big key part 😃 “ 😂😂😂😂

[@bouzoukiman5000]

Anthony! I LOVE how you guys got right into playing the entire room...which i had running through a decent bluetooth speaker. The sounds were amazing. I never heard of Mike Dean but he's cool af! Thank you for bringing such amazing content❤️

[@cherryalav]

MIKE!☺️🙏🎹

[@durtcannon]

This episode feels like a film score!

[@natedavison1031]

Oh, damn, that was excellent! I can't wait for part 2!!!

[@GeorgeAdiOfficial]

Lucky you having this advantage jamming with Mike dude! Priceless..

[@moogfooger]

Wonderful fun and really cool tones. Mike knows his instruments through and through. Probably knows that bong pretty well too! Cheers

[@apoclypse]

Whatever Anthony was doing on the OB while Mike was playing was fire.

[@mathiasdeschamps1637]

I love Mike dean. Amazing work with Abel from The weeknd.

[@bcj842]

6:25 My brother’s not as heavy into sound design as I am, so when he comes over and plays my synths I always feel compelled to start grabbing the controls to influence his playing. That’s what this reminds me of lol.

[@muzaarnold]

I'm alive for this!!! So wholesome just guys jamming and talking about synths makes me happy! Yall make a album thanks

[@implayingsomebass4753]

Frickin legends. Thanks for sharing Anthony, this was great!

[@Suunder]

The mashup ive been waiting for holy shit

[@jaydeep55]

Seeing both individuals who played a pivotal part in the music I enjoyed growing up (Michael Jackson to Travis), this is surreal. I hope y’all do an album together.

[@piggycity]

I love Mike Dean!

[@piggycity]

Anthony, you have the heart of a saint! Total sweetheart

[@markjupiter4]

Thank you so much for doing this. Such a treat 😍 Can't wait for part 2

[@TheInterGalacticFederation]

this was awesome - looking forward to part 2!

[@dashobradors]

Anthony and Mike? I’m here and early 🤩🫶🏻

[@kleemannbeats]

This is the video I always wanted! Keep up the amazing work

[@sawsquaresinetube]

That was awesome!

[@chrisharrison809]

Mike just crushes c major lol

[@RobVnt0n]

One of my top 3 videos of Anthony, i love this collab! i'm so excited for the second part

[@BeatsByGemsmiff]

Been waiting for this to happen for a long time 👏🏾👏🏾

[@EnryMusica]

What a marvellous catch up!

[@wallendiaz]

A few months ago I was thinking that a meeting with Mike Dean would be great and I see that they already did it, Very interesting👍🏾

[@Station2Station-du2gh]

This is such a great video. I especially liked the midrange quack of the vocoded Moog Subsequent. Shocked Anthony was showing Mike options on what sounds good under 5ths. Mike knows this - maybe high?

[@KD9-37]

Can't Wait for Pt.2! Thankyou for this incredible video Mr. Marinelli

[@ap7498]

Thanks for sharing this collaboration!!! Amazing and mesmerizing

[@kmac.]

Thank you Lord for this amazing channel praise be

[@hightowerTB303]

I could watch and hear this the whole day, brilliant! ❤️🍻

[@livefromtheglampad]

I love the long format hang out

[@Kablehead]

Legendary

[@mtnoblesavage]

2great synthesists at play, awesome ❤❤❤

[@flashback1123]

You guys should make a mini album together. (some exciting sounds happening there!)

[@user-wt7pq5qc2q]

Brilliant !!!!

[@paulmint1775]

Awesome stuff, I love it !!!

[@redwalks]

Huge Thx , you two are killing me ...caddyshacking me thru n thru, kewl to see how you inspire each other to get that synth hell glowing !!

[@AlchemicalAudio]

This seems like a basic format that could really grow. It would be amazing to see a series, that uses rotating artists and a rotating host, some one who knows both the artists and can facilitate the conversation. Perfect model to crate awesome crossovers. Ultimately a show that pairs producer musicians who have truly shaped the iconic sounds of popular and underground music. This model is awesome, no bullshit. Having a facilitator is key to making it work. Two icons listening, learning, teaching, sharing with each other and then making some awesome shit together and then an outro conversation as the night cap. The pool of musicians would be pretty large. I could imagine pairing Herbie Hancock and Four Tet to see what happens when their creative forces join. Or Brian Eno and Terry Riley. Or Robert Glasper and Louis Cole. Keep it informal, smoke and drink or whatever, and keep it real. I bet almost every episode would be a master class like this one. This shit was beautiful.

[@anthonymarinellimusic]

Great idea

[@Clupea101]

Awsome stuff, amazing sounds together

[@natura808]

What a lovely surprise!!! Thank you for such a treat to you all guys!!!

[@ikoole7997]

Great stuff!

[@smartti1970]

Thanks for the great music Anthony & Mike and great discussions with Rob ... great team..... the simple Juno is fantastic and the Obx is some power house , loved the 5th chording and bass Anthony ! .... minimoog lines nice ! and well the 4 voice sem dream! .... Jupiter8 (why did i sell it)

[@oscarrivas7240]

Who else is playing along with them on their own synths?